epistaxis
Spanish, noun/episˈtaɡsis/
epistaxis is spelled E-P-I-S-T-A-X-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Epistaxis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “epistaxis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hemorragia de los conductos nasales”.
What does epistaxis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepistaxis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hemorragia de los conductos nasales.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce epistaxis?
- /episˈtaɡsis/
- [e.pisˈt̪aɣ̞.sis]
- [episˈt̪aksis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to epistaxis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is epistaxis in Spanish?
epistaxis appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).